Improvement in band-stamps



datiert tatea parte cpi-w.

JOSEPH c. 'rONE AND HENRY. A. OLUM, OE EOOHEST'EE, NEW YORK, AssIGNOEs 'ro THEOBALD lV. TONE, OF SAME PLAGE.

vLetters Patent No. 96,508, amamantar-2,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND-STAMPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent an'dmaking part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, JOSEPH C. TONE and HENRY A. CLU-M, both of the city of' Rochester, in the county of Monroe, and State .ot'New York, assignors to THEO# -BALB W. TONE, ofthe same place, have invented certain new and useful improvements instamping and cancelling, or eitller separately, allkinds ot' commercial paper, such as notes, dra'tts,` checks', and bills ot' exchange, also tickets, revenue and other stamps,

85o.; and we do` hereby declare that the following is a.

full and exact description thereof, reference being 'had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of' our improved instrument.

. Figure 2, an enlarged transverse vertical section.

Figure 3, an elevation of one of the wheels, with one ofthe guards partially broken away, to show the interior arrangement. j l

Figure 4, aplan ofthe printing and ycancelling-table. Figure 5, a sectional elevation of a portion otf one of the box-wheels.

Figure 6, an elevation of one of the movable types. Like letters of.V reference indicate corresponding partsv in all the igures.

v The object of this invention is to both print and cau-.-

cel, or either separately, all kinds of commercial paper, tickets, stamps, 85e., in the manner substantially as hereinafter described; also, to so copibine and arrange type-wheels, as to adapt the same to a long-continued usage in indicating the year, month, and daywith as little diiiicnl'ty and change as possible.

1n the drawings-"- A indicates the frame or stand, to which the oper'- ating parts are attached.

On its base a, we lnount two vertical plates or stand-v ards B B, at suitable distan-ce apalt to receive the typewheels'hetween, as hereafter described.

On top of the. vertical plates is situated the printing-table or bed G,.which imparts the impression to the paper in stamping, the same being provided with suitable lettering for the purpose.

vHorizontally through the plates B, passes a shaft, E, on which are mounted two box type-wheels F E.

These wheels are madehollow, to hold type-wheels proper, G G', which have an independent turning Inovement inside ot' the-box-wheels.

. of the year in succession, forming the completecircle of the wheels.'

The other box-wheel F has also raised upon its periphery, in a corresponding manner, the iirstthree tigares-Of a series of decades of years-thus, 186, 187,

188, &c., the number of decades marked being twelve,

types ofc c c'.

Thelower ends of these types are rounded, as shown at d, to' be acted on and elevated by wedgeshaped slides j, which are pressed under them, as shown in' The' types. are 'prevented from rising too high by pins or stops g, which strike under -the edge of the guards hof the box-wheels. 'When thus. elevated to ltheir highest position, the. characters marked on the types come just flush with those on the periphery ot' the'boxwheels, so as to form'the complement of the readng'toindicate the year, 'mont-h, and day.

` In order that the heads otthe types may pass through the box-wheels, Openings 7or slots of proper size are made through the periphery ot the'latter, between the series of letters or numbers marked thereon.

The number of typesy employed in ythe type-wheel G is thirty-One, to correspond with the greatest number of days in a single month, and these are numbered 1, 2, 3, &c., upward, to 31,inclusive. This type-wheel, therefore, receives one revolution a month, to bring the numbers in successive use day afterday; and the corresponding box-wheel FA vreceives one revolution a year, to bring the series of characters on its periphery in successiveuse, to indicate the month.

' `Tlie number of types in lthe type-wheel G is ten', commencin with 1 and runnin(r to f 0 inclusive..

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These, when ,brought successively in use, in connection with the series ot' numbers 186, 187, &c., on the box-wheel, indicate the current year. Thus the zerocharaCter, when brought up, indicates the perfect. de-

cade 187 0,. 1880,8te., and the digits, when brought np, indicate the intermediate years 1871, 1872,

`85o.' It is obvious, therefore, that the type-wheel G- receives one revolution in ten years,tand the box-wheel F' onev revolution in one hundred and twenty years.

The wedge slides f, which raise the types, pass through slots formed in -both box and type-wheels. In order to change the wheels, of course these slides must be withdrawn.-- That which passes through the yearwheels, owingto' the nfreqnency-of-its removal, is

made separate and detached, but-thatwhich passes through the month and da Y-whee'ls, from its frequency of' withdrawal, is preferably jointed to a knob, k, whichV is hinged at l,so as to turn back.

A spring,m, bearing under the knob, holds the slid to its place. A knob, k', isalso secured to the shaft E ou the opposite side, by which the latter is turned. and consequently the typefwheels.

This connection is made by means of a pin, n, which` passes transversely through the sleeve of the knob and the Jshaft itself. .By withdrawing this pin, and insert-` ing Ait longitudinally, as indicated by dotted lines in iig, 2, the action is changed from the daily toitheb yearly wheels, and when thechange of the latter is accomplished, the pin may be returned to itsforrner place.

.'lhe' action of the wheels above described will be readily understood. The year, month, and day may be accurately indicated for a space of one .hundred and `twenty years. Y l e We are aware that a single type-wheel has before been used, to adjust the day of the-month, in stamps,

iently used, to call attention more particularly to the' 'fact that paper or the stamp is cancelled.

In connection with thelettering of the table, we employ, for cancelling commercial paper, such as notes, drafts, bills, Sto., also revenue-stamps, knives, punches, or other cuttingalcvicesp p, which, at the moment 0i stampingcut the paper through, and thus produce the mutilation necessary to legally cancel it. This is of the utmost importance in banks, as thereby a second handling of the paper 'is obviated, and fraud is prevented, by not allowing the uncancelled paperto pass through the hands of dishonest clerks or others.

As it is not desirable to cancel all paper at the time Y it is stamped, the cutters may be made removable by loosening a thumb-screw, or by other means.

If desirable, also, stamps may be made in manner before'desclibed, without using the cutters.

In ordinary handfstwmps, the printing-table or bed is l attached' to the stamping-rod that moves up and down. I n our invention this arrangementis reversed, the

4 printing-bed being rigidly fixed below, while the platen R is attached to the stamping-rod H, and made torise and fall with it.

, of the type-table, and yet come between the cutters,

so as not to be mutilated.

. such broadly.

y -'By reversing the position of theprinting-bed and platen, as above described, the lettering on the latter does not have to be reversed to produce the proper impression, as is the case with other hand-stamps.

,i 'lhe stamp-rod H rests in a cylinder, K, which is adjustable up and down in the socket L of the frame. This cylinder is fixed in any desirable position by a setscrew, s, oreqnivalent. By this means it will be perceivedthe stroke 'of the stamp-rod may be changed to any length, the base of the cylinder serving as a stop to the top of the platen as it is carried back by spring J.

This is of importance in gauging the power of the `stamp according tothe Work to be done. VIf several thicknesses of paper are to be cnt, more power is required than where there is but one. By this ladjustment the face of the printing-bed and the cutters `is prevented from becoming injured.

To prevent blotting, we employ a dry ribbon, M, over or outside the inked ribbon. P. l This feature we also believe new. s

We are aware that a type-wheel used in connection #with a hand-stamp is old; therefore, we d0 notcl'aim lVe v are aware, also, that a cance1lingcutter combined with a stamping-rod is old; neither do we broadly claim such; but

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

A1. The combination, in a lianckstamp, of two typewheels, one within the other, the outer having h'xed lettering or numbering on its periphery, and the inner havingr movable types, which, when forcedout, form, in conjunction with the outer, a complete indication oi' date, substantially a's described. t

2. The arrangement, with the jointed slide f, of the hinged knob. k, substantially as described.

3. The arrangement, with the knob 1c' and shaft E, of theA movable pin n, operating in the manner and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with the stamp-rod H, of the adusting-cylinder K, whereby the stroke o f saidrod is changed, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the dry ribbon M with the inkedribbon P, operating in the manner and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof', we have hereunto signed our names, in the presence of two subscribing witncssesg JOSEPH O. TONE. HENRY A. OLUM. 

